Saturday, October 8, 2011

BOOM! ZANG! POW! -- StreetPass NYC Invades New York Comic-Con


Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217095361685480

Meet-Up Page: http://www.meetup.com/Nintendo3DS/New-York-NY/387082/

Directions: A,C,E  to Penn Station or 1,2,3 to 34th Street. Walk West to 11th Ave and North to 35th Street. More Info Here: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Travel/Directions/

Location: Javits Center (655 West 34th Street)

Time: October 14th @ 10:00 AM -- October 16th @ 5:00 PM


StreetPass NYC welcomes everyone in the New York Metro Area to experience the New York City Comic Con, the second largest pop culture convention in America that plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television!
Located at the Javits Center (655 West 34th Street) from October 14th to October 16th, the local grassroots fan club for the Nintendo 3DS has planned a ton of activities, sights and sounds for people of various ages and backgrounds to enjoy all weekend.

--StreetPass NYC New York Comic-Con Schedule------------------

Friday—

10:00am – 10:40am
Meet at Nintendo Booth
Location: 1538

11:00am – 12:00 Noon
“Meet Me at the Arcade” Panel
Location: 1A24
Description:
In February 2011, the closing of New York City’s last arcade, Chinatown Fair, marked the end of an era. Not a single coin-operated arcade was left in Manhattan, yet a community of dedicated gamers with no where to go remained. Are arcades a relic from the past? The question was answered with the opening of Next Level, an arcade for gamers by gamers, in Brooklyn. What is the role of arcades now that gaming has shifted to the home console and online play? Panelists Seth Killian (Street Fighter legend, Capcom PR), Henry Cen (co-founder of Next Level arcade), Norman Burgess (longtime Chinatown Fair regular), Jamin Warren (journalist and co-founder of Kill Screen Magazine), and Kurt Vincent (director of the upcoming documentary ARCADE) will discuss the subject, and hold a Q&A. After which a trailer for ARCADE will be premiered. 

12:00 Noon – 2:30pm
Capcom Booth
Location: 722

2:30pm – 4:00pm
Lobby Public StreetPass Meet Up
Location: Cartoon Network Lounge

5:15pm -- 6:15pm
Street Fighter X Tekken Panel
Location: American Airlines Theater, 1A06
Description:
Legendary Street Fighter producer, Yoshinori Ono will provide the latest update on the highly anticipated fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken - the ultimate fighting game team up! Come hear, firsthand, just what is in store for your favorite Street Fighter and Tekken characters in this explosive genre defining game. Street Fighter fans are encouraged to come in costume as Capcom deems Friday to be "Street Fighter Day"! Some lucky fans may be called onstage to demonstrate their mad fighting skills firsthand to win awesome prizes! Followed by a Q&A session plus some special surprises! 

6:30pm – 7:00pm
Namco Bandai Booth
Location: 1712

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Location: Room 1B01

Description:
This reminds me of a puzzle...join us for the red carpet debut! Costumed characters, trivia contests, and a chance to play the Professor Layton and the Last Specter game.

9:00pm – 4:00am
S.O.S. Gamers Charity Party
Location: Tenth Rail (413 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10001)

*******************FREE TO ENTER PARTY************************


Featuring music by:
DJ CR4SH
DJ GRAVEOFDEATH
Kinect station with a variety of games — get ready to move!
*Raffle contest — get lucky!
*Costume contest — we encourage ALL cosplayers to join!
*Super hero trivia contest — Study your comics!
SUPER HERO THEMED DRINKS AT THE BAR! ! !
Special guests:
TriForce GameMaster (Empire Arcadia)
Jordan White (Streetpass NYC)

Video game/cosplay celebrities, AND MORE!
* Small additional fees for contests may apply
We are always accepting donations on our website:
http://sosgamers.org/


Saturday—

10:00am – 12:00 Noon
Meet at Nintendo Booth
Location: 1538

12:00 Noon – 1:00pm
SFXT BOWL MMXI!
Location: Level 1- Exhibit Hall 1B
Description:
Street Fighter X Tekken fans will get to cheer on superstar producers Yoshinori Ono (Street Fighter) and Katzuhiro Harada (Tekken) as they don full football gear, and draft select fans from the crowd to join them in a series of football challenges on a custom indoor SFXT football field. Cheerleaders will lead the crowds as we find out just which fighter franchise has the best fans of all. Fun for the whole family as well as tons of custom SFXT BOWL premiums such as Tshirts, bang bang sticks, foam fingers, and more!

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Pokémon Gaming LoungeStage
Location: Stage37 at 508 West 37th Street (one block from the Javits Center)
Secret EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288483371163725
Description:
Come one come all Pokemon Fans! Free Entry to all! Meet up with a ton of Pokemon fans from all over the world to trade, battle and share C-Gear secrets! Will also provide a Pokemon photo booth, oversized Pokemon AR Markers and even Pikachu appearances!

2:15pm – 3:15pm
Kirby’s Krackle Live
Location: Hasbro Stage
Description:
KIRBY KRACKLE is a nerd rock band that creates songs dedicated to the nerdiest aspects of comic book, video game and pop culture. They've performed their unique style of pop rock all over the world, from Melbourne to New York, Toronto to Seattle and numerous places in between. They’ve been featured on TV, radio and magazines, and their music has been called "Geek Rock Perfection" by Wired. 

3:30pm – 5:00pm
First Annual Nintendo Cosplay Gathering sponsored by StreetPass NYC
Location: 1538
Description:
ATTENTION ALL COSPLAYERS! Welcome to the first ever Nintendo Cosplay Gathering! Organized and Sponsored by StreetPass NYC, the infamous grassroots fan club of Nintendo 3DS fans. We will have sign ups and advertising for this event on Thursday and Friday, all meet at the Nintendo Booth (Located at 1538) for our first ever gathering on Saturday. Dress in your best Nintendo Cosplay (Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, Miis, anything Nintendo First or Second Party) and show off your stuff to fans and various press! At 4:30 PM we are going to hand out prizes to the best in show! Open to all ages, sexes and backgrounds!

5:00pm – 6:00pm
Square-Enix Booth
Location: 622 and 630

6:15pm – 7:15 PM
Resident Evil Anniversary Panel
Location: MTV Theater, 1A10
Description:
Share in the joy of Resident Evil! 2011 marks the 15th anniversary of the legendary video game franchise that gave fear a face and horror a home. Capcom declares Saturday to "Resident Evil Day," so please come dressed as your favorite classic and new RE characters! Come find out the latest information about the newest entries to the Resident Evil franchise: the brutal truth behind Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City with producer, Rey Jimenez, Resident Evil: Revelations for the Nintendo 3DS, the gorgeous re-imagining of Resident Evil 4 HD and Resident Evil Code Veronica X HD, plus some surprises! Followed by a Q&A session.

7:15pm -- ???
IGN/1UP Meet & Greet
Location:
300 New York Bowl Lanes (60 West 23rd Street)
Description:
Remember that line in the Drew Carey theme song where he'd go "We're going bowling?" That's what we're signing right now. Saturday night, IGN and 1UP writers will converge on 300 New York Bowl Lanes to eat, drink and be merry. We'll even pay for you and give you a cool IGN t-shirt. Want to come and rub He Only Does Everything Colin Moriarty's head? Meet Chris from Free Sh1t? This is your chance!

Sunday—

10:00am – 11:00am
Meet at Nintendo Booth
Location: 1538

11:00am – 12:30 Noon
Nintendo Booth/Activision Booth/Hasbro Stage
Location: 1538, 738 and/or Hasbro Stage

1:30pm – 4:00pm
Tekken Blood Vengeance in 3D Screening
Location: IGN Theater
Description:
SPECIAL LIVE APPEARANCE BY DAI SATO (Screenwriter) and KATSUHIRO HARADA (Tekken Game Producer)! Based on the hit video game from Namco Bandai Games! Ling Xiaoyu is dispatched to an international school to spy on Shin Kamiya, a victim of a secret genetic experiments that may hold the key to the M Cell. While investigating, she befriends Alisa Bosconovitch who also shows an interest in Shin. Their new friendship is put to the test as they are caught in the middle of the Mishima family feud. Written by Dai Soto (Cowboy Bebop, Wolf’s Rain, Ghost in the Shell), this CGI animated feature takes the world of Tekken to a new level! 

OR

2:00pm – 3:30pm
Level Up World Primeire Screening
Location: 1A22
Description:
It’s time to “Level Up” your Comic Con experience with a WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING of Cartoon Network’s funniest original movie for the video game age! Level Up introduces three high school gamers who unwittingly open a portal from an online game, allowing the in-game creatures and mayhem to escape into the real world! The trio must put aside their differences and join forces to play the game for real in order to save their neighborhood (and the world!) from ultimate evil! Be among the first to see Level Up before it premieres on Cartoon Network in November, with an explosive TV series to follow in 2012. 

4:00pm – 4:30 pm
Nintendo Booth Farewell
Location: 1538

4:30pm -- 5:00pm
Lobby Public StreetPass Meet Up for Final Farewells!
Location: Cartoon Network Lounge


6:00pm -- 2:00am
Game Over After Party
Location: Radio Star Karaoke Bar (3 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001)
Description: 
Let's decompress by celebrating the night's activities at the GAME OVER After Party! We will have the biggest room, one large projector and a large HD TV. Two Wii's, one for gaming (Super Smash Brothers Brawl, New Super Mario Brothers Wii, Mario Kart, GoldenEye 007, House of the Dead: Overkill, Wii Sports Resort, Tetris Party and more!) and one that will be playing Nerdcore/Chiptune music. Bring your Nintendo 3DS for Super Street Fighter 4, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and Star Fox 64 3D and your DSi for Pokemon Black & White, New Super Mario Bothers, Brain Age and Four Swords Anniversary!

Under 21: $5 Entry Fee (comes with 1 Free Meal of choice)

Under 18: Must be accompanied with an Adult

Adults (21+): $6 Entry Fee (comes with 1 Free Meal or Drink of choice)


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StreetPass NYC is also proud to announce that all three day of the New York Comic Con, we will be the only known video game club that will be Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF the entire month of October! People can chose to donate any amount (even pennies) to our orange collection boxes or online (http://inside.unicefusa.org/site/TR/Events/TrickorTreat? ...) or text  the word “TOT” to UNICEF (864233) to make a $10.00 donation to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a fund-raising program for children sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The program historically involves the distribution of small orange boxes by schools to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small change donations from the houses they visit. Millions of children in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and Hong Kong participate in Halloween-related fund-raising events for Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, and the program has raised over US $188 million worldwide.
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